Solar Energy
Florida's Panic Button Law Sparks Debate on Future School Security: Should They Be 'Built Like Military Bases?' As school shootings, dead students, and murdered educators become sickeningly more commonplace, a dark new trend has emerged to protect the most vulnerable: panic buttons on teachers...READ MORE Sen. Marco Rubio: "Since March, Biden and Kamala Harris have […]
Florida Crystals is now utilizing renewable energy to power Florida's only remaining rice mill. The effort is being driven purely by sunlight via 900 solar panels. Before the investment into almost 1,000 new solar panels, Florida Crystals was already more than 80% powered by renewable energy. Florida Crystals is now expanding its investment in and […]
The rooftop solar industry supports sustained economic development throughout Florida and generates $18.3 billion in economic impact, according to a new study issued today by Conservatives for Clean Energy Florida (CCE). The Washington Economics Group produced the study, Comprehensive Economic Development Impacts of the Rooftop Solar Power Industry on the State of Florida. Among its key findings, the study […]
The House Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee today approved a controversial energy preemption bill. The bill, HB 919 by Rep. Josie Tomkow, would prohibit local governments across the state from enacting any policy or ordinance that would restrict or ban available energy options.
Earlier today, State Senator Lori Berman (D-31) and freshman Rep. Omari Hardy (D-88) announced their joint plan to implement solar energy in a more equitable fashion in the Sunshine State. In the Florida House, Hardy is sponsoring HB 551, also called, "Solar Energy Systems Located on the Property of an Educational Facility." The bill is […]
By Doug Coward Typical Florida homeowners and businesses waste large amounts of energy and money each year because of uninsulated windows, inefficient incandescent light bulbs, and particularly outdated air conditioning systems – all of which use far more energy than necessary and needlessly drive up utility bills and greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, energy efficiency upgrades […]
The sunshine state has made an effort to allow Floridians to make use of solar energy. However, over the weekend, two organizations that support the continued access to home solar power in the sunshine state released a report that signals the threat of utility monopolies that are looking to remove Floridian’s rights to solar use.